Image editing via grid elements
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeff M. Anderson, Stephen D Dentel, David Staas, Lainye Heiles
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Abstract
An image editing program includes a user interface for displaying a work area and receiving image edit inputs; and an engine for overlaying a grid on the work area, and using grid elements to generate commands in response to the image edit inputs.
Claims17
Means for generating a user interface for displaying a work area, and receiving image edit inputs;
- and
- an engine wherein the engine uses the grid elements to compute distances as percentages;
- and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.
An image editing program comprising:
- a user interface for displaying a work area, and receiving image edit inputs;
- and
- an engine for overlaying a grid on the work area, and using grid elements to compute distances as percentages and generate commands in response to the image edit inputs, the commands also specifying distances as percentages;
- precision of image editing determined by granularity of the grid elements.
An article for a computing apparatus, the article comprising:
- computer memory;
- and
- a program stored in the computer memory, the program, when executed, instructing the computing apparatus to display a digital image;
- overlay a grid on the image;
- receive image edit inputs;
- and use elements of the grid to compute commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages;
- and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.
A computing apparatus programmed to display a digital image;
- overlay a grid on the image;
- receive image edit inputs;
- and use elements of the grid to compute commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages;
- and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.
Computing apparatus comprising:
- means for displaying a digital image and receiving image edit inputs;
- and
- means for overlaying a grid on the digital image, and using elements of the grid to compute image edit commands in response to the image edit inputs, wherein the grid elements are used to compute distances as percentages;
- and wherein the commands specify distances as percentages.
A method of editing a digital image, the method comprising:
- displaying the image;
- overlaying grid elements on the displayed image;
- receiving inputs representing edits on the image;
- and
- using the grid elements to compute image edit commands in response to the image edit inputs;
- and
- using the grid elements to compute distances as percentages;
- the commands specifying distances as percentages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.